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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
nonviolent
    adj 1: abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence [ant:
           violent]
    2: achieved without bloodshed; "an unbloody transfer of power"
       [syn: nonviolent, unbloody]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nonviolent \nonviolent\ adj.
   1. peacefully resistant in response to injustice; not using
      violence; -- used of protests and demonstrations; as,
      nonviolent resistance. Opposite of violent.

   Syn: passive, peaceful.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. achieved without bloodshed. Contrasted with bloody.

   Syn: unbloody, bloodless.
        [WordNet 1.5]

Thesaurus Results for nonviolent:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bland, civilian, conciliatory, dovish, gentle, irenic, judicious, mild, mild as milk, moderate, nonaggressive, noncombatant, nonmilitant, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic, peace-loving, peaceable, peaceful, prudent, sober, soft, tame, temperate, unbellicose, uncontentious, unhostile, unmilitant, unmilitary
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